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[[File:Egyptian_gold_ring.jpg|thumb|Egyptian gold ring featuring ducks and bearing the name of Ramesses IV.]]A '''ring''' is a round band, usually in metal, worn as an ornamental jewellery around the finger, or sometimes the toe. | [[File:Egyptian_gold_ring.jpg|thumb|Egyptian gold ring featuring ducks and bearing the name of Ramesses IV.]]A '''ring''' is a round band, usually in metal, worn as an ornamental jewellery around the finger, or sometimes the toe. | ||
Strictly speaking a normal ring is a finger ring. | |||
Other types of rings worn as ornaments are earrings, bracelets for the wrist, armlets or arm rings, toe rings and torc or neck rings, but except perhaps for toe rings, the plain term "ring" is not normally used to refer to these. | |||
Rings are most often made of metal but can be of almost any material: metal, plastic, stone, wood, bone, glass, or gemstone. | Rings are most often made of metal but can be of almost any material: metal, plastic, stone, wood, bone, glass, or gemstone. | ||
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They may be set with a stone or stones, often a gemstone such as diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald. | They may be set with a stone or stones, often a gemstone such as diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald. | ||
== | == In the News == | ||
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File:Unico_Anello.jpg|link=Power ring (nonfiction)|[[Power ring (nonfiction)|Unico Anello]] ("One Ring). | File:Unico_Anello.jpg|link=Power ring (nonfiction)|[[Power ring (nonfiction)|Unico Anello]] ("One Ring). | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Green Ring]] | |||
* [[The Green Ring Show]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Power ring (nonfiction)]] | * [[Power ring (nonfiction)]] | ||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(jewellery) Ring (jewellry)] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(jewellery) Ring (jewellry)] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 23 June 2016
A ring is a round band, usually in metal, worn as an ornamental jewellery around the finger, or sometimes the toe.
Strictly speaking a normal ring is a finger ring.
Other types of rings worn as ornaments are earrings, bracelets for the wrist, armlets or arm rings, toe rings and torc or neck rings, but except perhaps for toe rings, the plain term "ring" is not normally used to refer to these.
Rings are most often made of metal but can be of almost any material: metal, plastic, stone, wood, bone, glass, or gemstone.
They may be set with a stone or stones, often a gemstone such as diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald.
In the News
Green Ring interviewed by Dick Cavett.
Unico Anello ("One Ring).
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Ring (jewellry) @ Wikipedia